Douglas Richard Hanks Jr.

Douglas Richard Hanks Jr. is a Director of Product Management with Juniper Networks and focuses on solution architecture for the data center. He works in the Switching, Security, and Solutions Unit (S3BU) that is responsible for the Juniper EX, QFX, and SRX Series hardware, software, and solutions.

Previously, he was a Solution Architect in the Routing Business Unit (RBU) with Juniper Networks supporting data center solutions with the Juniper MX platform. Prior to working in the business units, Douglas was a Senior Sales Engineer for Juni‐ per Networks and supported large enterprise accounts such as Chevron, Hewlett- Packard, and Zynga.

Douglas is certified with Juniper Networks as JNCIE-ENT #213 and JNCIE-SP #875. Douglas' interests are network engineering and architecture for enterprise and service provider technologies. He is the author of the Juniper MX Series published by O'Reilly Media and several Day One books published by Juniper Networks Books.

Douglas is also the co-founder of the Bay Area Juniper Users Group (BAJUG). When he isn't busy with networking, Douglas enjoys computer programming and photography.

Douglas can be reached on Twitter @douglashanksjr.